Device for making wire bands from which whalebones are made



A. JOSSE DEVICE FOR MAKING WIRE BANDS FROM WHICH WHALEBONES ARE MADE Filed April 11, 1923 Oct. 13, 1925- @77am j Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDR JOSSE, OF ETAMIEB, FRANCE.

DEVICE FOR MAKING WIEEBANDB FROM WHICH WEAIEBON ES ABE MADE.

Application led April 11, 1923. Serial Fb. 631,482.

To wZZ 'wlw'm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDR JossE, a citizen of the French Republic, and residing in Etampes, Seine-et-Oise, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to a Device for Making Wire Bands from Which Whalebones are Made, of which the following is a complete specification.

This invention relates to artificial whale bones such as used for instance for stays or corsets, and an object of my said invention is to use for the manufacture of the said whalebones resilient wires which are conveniently secured together so as to constitute a structure similar to flat springs.

Articial whalebones are generally made of resilient blades such as for instance of a convenient metal such as steel, which is provided with acovering substance or coating, protecting the said steel blade'againstrusting. For manufacturing stays or corsets, for instance, such blades are used and conveniently distributed on the surface of the said stay, thus forming an armature for the same. Such bladeshave the drawback not to easily permit some movements of the body, owing to the fact that said movements result in a longitudinal twisting of such blades in the longitudinal direction, and not a bending, so that the said stays cannot be provided with such an armature as would be desirable.

My invention, which waives the said drawback, consists in forming the parts ofthe said armature with members or parts comprising eacha number of blades formed of resilient metallic wires, such as for instance steel wires which are embedded in a convenient coating which maintains the same at a convenient distance apart, whilst uniting and protecting the same, thus allowing the said blades to have the same resiliency in bothtransversal and longitudinal directions.

In the accompanying drawing which shows by way of example an embodiment of a machinev for the manufacture of the said blades:

Fig. 1 is a general side view of the machine, y

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of a drawplate box hereafter referred to,

bins in a number corresponding to that of the wiresl constituting the `spring (five in the example shown on the drawing) and every wire ,passes over a regulatingbrake 2,

each formed, as more particularly shown in Fig. 4, by a group of two conveniently shaped rollers 3, 4t. The roller 4;, carried on a stationary spindle 5 comprises a protruding circular rib which forces the wire 6 into a circular groove provided in the upper roller 3 which is slidably carried in holes 7 provided in a common bearing 8. A spring 9, provided with a regulating screw 10 allows the pressure exerted upon the wire 6 by the group of rollers to be conveniently determined.

The Wires 6 coming from the regulating brake 2 passA over a drum 11 carrying on its circular surface parallel grooves equal in number to the wires 6, and the latter then pass between two rollers 12 which regulate the distance apart of the said wires.

In line with the said rollers is arranged a drawplate box 25. in which the group of wires is to receive the coating; then the band constituted by the said wires coated passes intoa dryin chamber 1li, provided with convenient guigding drums 15.

After its passage in the drying chamber, the completel band 16 passes in a pulling device comprising a group of two endless belts 17, 18 before rolling upon a drum 19.

rIhe drums 11 and 19, together with the endless belts 17, 18, are driven by a convenient motor, not shown on the drawings, which controls a shaft 2O carrying the pulleys which control the several belts for the members of the machine.

The drawplate itself 13 is constituted, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, by a metallic'disc, for instance of steel, which has openin s 21 arranged side by side, as more particu arly (lll seen in Fig. 5, and in rel-ation with ,each other for forming a continuous mortise 1n the transverse direction, the dimension of which is conveniently lar er than the diameter of the wires 6 in or er to allow a convenient coating substance to be brought around the same.

The said drawplate 13 is embedded 1n a sleeve 24, .and is maintained in its Vconvenient position b a screw 23. The sleeve 24 'is secured in t e box 25 by means of a nut 22.

Arranged at the mouth piece of the drawplate 13 is a cylindrical guiding iece in two parts 27, provided with longitudinal cylindrical grooves correspondin to the o enings of the drawplate 13, an through wqlich pass the wires before entering the drawplate.

The said ber 28 square in shape towards the drawplate,l but having grooves or slots 31 allowing the coating matter to pass. The .guide 27 is exactly fitted in a casing of'corresponding shape of the sleeve 24, and the part 28 is thus prevented from rotating relatively to the said sleeve, while being allowed to longitudinally slide.

On the opposed end, the sleeve 24 is round and its screw-threaded part, screwed in another sleeve 29, which is rotatably secured on the box 25 by means of a nut 35, secured in position by means of a screw 30.

By turning the said sleeve -29 through the hut 35 with which there may be engaged a pin for turning it, the part 28 is caused to advance or recoil thus increasing-or reducing, res ectively the space comprised between t e drawplate and the end of the piece 28, and thus allowing consequently more or less Ysubstance to'be brought .into contact with the wires.

The grooves or slots 31, of the part 28 end into a chamber 32, connected by means of a channel 33 with the forcing Achamber 34 of the trough or body 26 of a hydraulic press of any convenient character which contains a convenient mass of coating substance, or conveniently connected with a tank of the said substance. A heating col` lar 35a is provided on the foot of the press 26, thus enabling to increase the fluidity of the substance forced by the piston of the hydraulic press.

The operation is as follows:

The several parts occupying the position shown on the drawing, and rollers or drums 1, for instance five in number as in the instance sh0wn, being mounted on their re spective spindles in a convenient position, the wires 6 coming from the said rollerspor drums, after having passed the brakes 2,

ass over the grooves of the drum 11, and etween the rollers 12 conveniently grooved, which keep the said wiresat a convenient distance apart. The said wires then pass guiding piece is ittedin a mem throughthe guiding'idevices 27 for arriving into the openings 21 of the drawplate 13.v

The hydraulic press being put in motion, the coating substance contained in the trou h 26 is brought through the channel 23 to t e chamber 32 and the grooves 3l, in the room or space existing between the drawplate 13 and the end ofthe guiding piece 27, and the or any other, theta/tires which constitute thel `said band being thus rigidly connected with one another in their relative positions, and thus forming, after their passage 1n the drawplate, a band the cross-section of which nearly offers the shape of the mouth piece 21 of the said drawplate. The said band passes over the drums 15 of the drying chamber 14, where it suiiiciently dries, then after the same having gone out of the said chamber, it enters between the belts, 17, 18, which, being rotated in an inverse direction owing to their contact, exert a pull on the said band, thus keeping the same under a convenient tension.

In order to insure a convenient operation of the machine, the endless belts 17, 18 rotate at a speed which is slightly higher than that of the drum 11. The said band, afterwards rolls upon the receiving drum 19, which thus winds up a length of resilient band, the drying of which is conveniently completed before the same is sheared at the given length.

The invention thus allows elastic blades to be-.obtained the resiliency of which is nearly the same in all directions, thus allowing the same to be twisted round their longitudinal axis, or bent in their length, which renders the said elastic blades particularly designed for the manufacture of stays or corsets or any similar clothes. The liexible band thus obtained may comprise a core formed of any convenient number of wires of steel or any other convenient metal, the said wires being either arranged side by side, or maintained at a distance apart, the said wires being maintained in their said relative position by embedding the same in the coating substance. 'lhe diameter of the wires ma of course vary according to the strength o the springs to` be obtained.

The shape of the drawplate 13 may differ from that shown and according to the desired result, it may, for instance, offer-the arrangement of Fig. 6 if it is desire to obtain blades with plain surfaces without any transverse waves.

The invention may be applied to the manufacture of elastic or resillent blades for any use, for instance for the manufacture of springs which are to be used for the manufacture of stays or corsets. f-

What I claim is:

1. A device `for making a wire band from which artilicial whalebones are made, comprising means for laying a plurality of metallic wires side by side in spaced relation and all in the same horizontal plane, means for im arting a traveling movement to the' said wires, and means for applying an adhesive substance to said wires to bind them together and form a coated flat band.

2. A device for making a wire band from which artilicial whalebones are made, comprising means for laying a plurality of metallic Wires side by side in `spaced relation and all in the same horizontal plane, means for imparting a traveling movement to said wires, means forlapplying an adhesive substance to said wires to connect the Wires and form a coatedl lat band, and a drier through which the band is passed, and means for keeping the band under tension.

8. A device for making a wire band from which artificial whalebones are made2 comvprising means for laying a plurallty of wires side by side in spaced relation and all in the same horizontal plane, a device for applying an adhesive substance to the said wires, a draw plate through which the coated wires pass to form the .same into a flat band, a drier through which the band passes,and a drawing device for feeding the band through the drier and keeping it under tension. l

4. device of the character described, comprlsinga plurality of rollers carryin metallic wires, brakes regulating the spee of passage of the said wires, a group of rollers regulating the position off the wires, a draw plate through which the wires pass, a hydraulic "press for applying to the said wires when passing the said draw-plate, an adhesive substance, whereby the wire will be formed into a liatlband, a drying chamber through which the `band passes, and a pulling device formed by two endless belts rotating in reverse directions and delivering the linished resilient band to a receiving drum.

5. In a device of the character described,

mounted in the box, and a hydraulic press for supplying an adhesive substance to the wires as they pass to` the draw plate.

6J A drawplate for coating and uniting the wires characterized by a metallic disc comprising parallel openings, connected with one another thus constituting a channel the cross-sectionof which corresponds to the whole cross-section of the wires, plus the thickness of the coating.,

7. A device for making a wire band from which whalebones are made, comprising rollers for laying a plurality of wlres in spaced relation and all in the same horizontal plane, means for imparting a traveling movement to the wires, means for' applying an adhesive substance to the said wlres to connect and coat them, and a draw plate through which the coated Iwires pass to remove the surplus adhesive substance and form a iiat band.

8. A device for making a wire band from which whalebones are made, comprising a plurality of rollers carrying wires, a group of rollers for laying the wires in spaced relation and all in the same horizontal plane, means for applying an adhesive substance to the. wires to connect and coat them, a

- draw plate through which the coated wires pass to remove the surplus adhesive substance and form a flat band and a drawing device for imparting a traveling movement to said wires.

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand:

ANDR Jossn 

